The thief was as good as he had been rumored to be at escaping in the chaos. Jude followed Lucius and Alyssa in the crowd, bumping into each other for a long time, but failed to catch up with the thief, but the distance was pulled farther and farther away.

This can't go on like this, the boy immediately decided, took out the pocket watch in the inner pocket of his jacket, and pressed the button without hesitation.

"Knock-" The illusory and distant bell rang from nowhere, and the world instantly returned to silence and grayness.

With the sound of the mirror shattering, the tiny prismatic fragments resurfaced in the air around them, slowly spinning over and over again in countless non-existent planes.

Everything was silent at the beginning, the bustling street market became silent in an instant, the pedestrians maintained their current walking posture, and the apple that had been knocked off from the roadside fruit stand hovered in mid-air. The moment the watch was pressed lasted indefinitely, the sky was calm, the noise was quiet, the whole street was silent, and there seemed to be no other living creature in the world.

Still, Jude easily navigated the stagnant crowd, searching for thieves along the way.

Soon, after some distance ahead, he noticed a young man holding a package and running around, and it was probably the thief. It was a boy, about twelve or thirteen years old, much younger than the boy.

Jude looked at the thief and sighed.

He took the package that the thief was holding, held it in his hand unsinkable, and when he opened it to find that it was just some bread, the boy shook his head and sighed.

Perhaps it was a refugee displaced by the earthquake, but Jude couldn't help but feel pity for the child, perhaps an orphan like himself, who came out to steal when he had nothing to eat and was too hungry to eat.

But it's always wrong to steal something, let alone steal so many times, and the "Flower Blade" really needs the bounty of these 3 silver coins. In self-persuasion, the boy took the package in his hand and placed his other hand on the boy's shoulder, waiting for the time standstill effect to end.

"Knock-" Another illusory and distant bell rang from nowhere, and the world instantly returned to its original state.

Holding the thief's shoulder hard and signaling him with his eyes not to move, Jude shouted vigorously, "Here he is!"

All you have to do is wait for Lucius and Alyssa to arrive...... Just thinking like this, the young man suddenly saw a flower in front of him, and subconsciously blocked back with his hand, and found that a handful of flour had been sprinkled on his face.

Jude realized that he had unconsciously let the thief go, and quickly wiped the powder from his eyes, and the boy had escaped without a trace, and the package in his hand was gone.

At this time, Lucius and Alyssa happened to arrive and looked at him with a puzzled expression: "What about the thief?"

"Ran, it was a boy, and he sprinkled a handful of flour on my face. Jude said, "He ran west, holding a package." ”

Unexpectedly, the thief would have such a trick, and feeling that he had been maliciously teased, the young man was a little angry, and he felt that the poor man must have something to hate. He watched the gap in the crowd and tried his best to speed up, but he was still limited by the crowd.

Finally, the three of them chased to an intersection, and the environment in front of them suddenly opened up. The thief had fled to the other side, but a tall figure stopped in front of him—it was Rowan.

"That's it. Rowan steadied himself and spread his arms, trying to intercept the oncoming boy.

But the thief suddenly leaned back, lay down without hesitation, and slid past the man's crotch at an accelerated pace, and then immediately got up and continued to flee.

Rowan obviously didn't expect this either, and after a little surprise, he turned around and tried to chase after him, but he was already pulled away some distance.

Jude was amazed that the thief was so skilled in his escape skills that so many shops had been burglarized, and even the police couldn't catch him.

If he continued like this, he would have to run, and when the boy and the others chased him across the road, the thief had almost disappeared from view, and only Rowan was still chasing among the crowd.

Although he wanted to use magical arcane magic to chase after him, but there was no spell available in the current situation, Jude was so anxious that he couldn't think of a strategy to deal with it, so he could only push and collide in the crowd and try to move forward.

If only he could fly, the boy looked up at the flat and high sky, and his journey in the clouds would be unimpeded.

Suddenly, he noticed the rooftops on both sides of the street, and inspiration came to him.

"Tel_falas!" Aiming for a position on the roof in front of the left, Jude decisively casts a phase shift. The white light flashed in front of his eyes, and the boy immediately found himself at a high place, although he still felt dizzy and uncomfortable, but after many experiences, it had gradually subsided, and it was relatively easy to overcome.

"Wow, Jude!" Alyssa's voice came from behind, and she noticed the teenager's actions.

Lucius' reminder followed: "Jude, stay safe!"

"I'm sure. Jude didn't have time to turn around, he waved his hand back, and immediately concentrated on searching the crowd for the thief.

Condescendingly, the boy quickly succeeded in locking on to the boy. After roughly estimating the distance, Jude ran quickly on the sloping roof, stepping on the bricks and tiles to get in front of the thief, while casting a feathering spell on himself: "Ins_teron!"

Walking quickly to the eaves, the boy forcibly overcame his fear and hesitation, and jumped forward.

Feeling his body float down as if in a body of water, Jude descended to the middle of the street, knocking the oncoming thief to the ground.

The thief crawled to his feet and tried to turn around and flee, only to find Rowan approaching from behind. He ran to the side of the road again and tried to escape into an alley, but Cathy suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alleyway and blocked his way. At the same time, not far to the east, Lucius and Alyssa's siblings had already arrived.

The "Flower Blade" team attacked from three sides, pressing step by step, and the thief finally found that he had no way to escape.

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Later in the day, the team escorted the thief to the security office in the trade area, where he was rewarded with three silver coins.

The sheriff was pleased to apprehend the fugitive habitual offender on the first day of the wanted warrant, and praised the ability of the "Flower Blade" squad.

The team members were happy, and when it came time to distribute the rewards, Captain Lucius insisted on giving Jude an extra share.

"Jude has been the most effective in this hunt, and it is thanks to him that we have caught the thief. The young man said, "I want to divide the reward into six parts, two for Jude, one for each of us, do you have any opinions?"

After Alyssa, Cathy, and Rowan all said no, Lucius shoved a silver coin into the boy's hand.

"Wait, that's not good...... Why don't we split it evenly?" Jude was very reluctant to go.

"Jude, take it, we wouldn't have caught the thief without you. Lucius looked at the boy and seemed to be holding back a smile, "And ......"

"Huh?" Jude suddenly noticed that everyone was staring at him, completely unaware of why.

"Poof......" Alyssa couldn't help but laugh first, she pointed to the boy's face, "Jude, you ...... on your face"

Everyone laughed, and Jude remembered what had happened to him, and quickly began to wipe the flour off.